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YouTube video by Energy Policy Institute at the UChicago The Latest Data: Air Pollution's Impact on Life Expectancy

Particulate pollution is the greatest external health threat to human life expectancy. PM2.5 (burning - forests, gasoline, etc.) takes 1.86 years worldwide, while WASH (lacking-water, sanitation & hygiene) cuts 0.39 years. We'll forget "clean outdoor air” or recover?
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Mortality Associated With PM2.5 Air Pollution in the United States This cohort study identifies causes of death associated with ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution in the United States and estimates the burden of death for each cause.

Wildfires are a menace, with smoke visible and health alerts across an entire continent. A study of 4.5 million VA records revealed two diseases more to seven already linked to PM2.5, tiny particulate matter, not exhaled, entering our body and triggering illnesses.
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I have built a DIY “supply only” ventilation setup - bath fan draws air through a window fitted with a particulate filter. Here in Cuenca, EC, “dry season” wildfire and crop residue smoke may hover (Cuenca, “basin” in Spanish). See post on PM2.5 and health.
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YouTube video by Oxford Biodiversity Network Addicted to growth: Societal Therapy for a Sustainable Wellbeing Future

Author, Researcher, Professor, Scientist, Public Servant Costanza’s lifelong work to link human wealth/health to the uncounted value that Nature provides, double that from GDP, is an inestimable gift! www.youtube.com/watch?v=im51...

Eunice Newton Foote - Wikipedia

Climate science is NOT complex, useful when conversing with someone in doubt who perhaps believes the "It's not settled" message. We’ve known about it since the American Association for the Advancement of Science printed Eunice Foote’s clear observations in 1856. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_...

YouTube video by FundacionAreces Michael Greenstone- 'The economic dimension of the global energy challenge'

Economists agree that the least burdensome climate policy is one that models reveal highly effective. Greenstone of Energy Policy Institute, UChicago, reframes society’s need as "Global Energy Challenge." This May 12, ’25 1hr20min fuses the complex with a clear view! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7TP...

Constituents of elected officials in districts & states targeted for defunding of Biden’s IRA clean energy build-out may ask, “Something you will not go along with?” Canceling manufacturing investment and jobs may greatly impact the U.S. Sunbelt. www.c2es.org/wp-content/u...

Toolkit - Conversation Guide Talking about climate change is one of the best things we can do to help tackle it. We created a guide to help simplify the conversation.

Prioritize a course for governance to ensure a safe landing. Representative democracy starts where you are. “No one does anything unless it feels important. And if no one is talking about it, how important can it be?” Dr. Katherine Hayhoe (see past post CONVERSATION)
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More people care about climate change than you think The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.

Most people underestimate popular support for climate action – worldwide. Talk about it - NOT risky. Where there’s a will there’s a way . . . do government officials (people) know what you will? Great interactive graph!
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Makers and Takers - two distinct types of people or simply Loaded Labels? Read and see if this is the governance you want. www.dallasfed.org/~/media/docu...

Heads-up how CO2 impacts Earth’s health (see Eunice Foote post, heads-up voiced 1856 ). Change is accelerating - the straw that will break . . . - clearly emerging. The linked overview includes geotechnology to buy time. Converse with the kick-it-down-the-road tribe. drive.google.com/file/d/1G9zI...

I'm collaborating for dynamically responsive house
Glazed roof with movable insulation for solar energy
Earth coil serving AC and refrigeration
Below-building thermal storage to avoid structural load/cost
Radiant surfaces for comfort
Water/water heat pump 4 comfort, humidity, DHW, fridge, fresh air

Our new Climate Opinion Maps find that 66% of Americans support a transition to 100% clean energy by 2050. Click around to discover more insights: climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizatio...

Recent weather/climate-related agricultural losses U.S. producers pay, ~ $10 Billion/yr. Estimates do not include infrastructure damage, livestock losses, complete horticulture crop losses or timber losses. Estimates should be viewed as a minimum baseline. (paraphrased) www.fb.org/market-intel...

Information is Beautiful Distilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations

Climate will bring famine? Merits discourse, but first check a World Food Graphic. Culture and cuisine explain much variation, and cost, tho worldwide excess starchy vegetables - not healthy (Lancet journal)! Let's appreciate graphics this group gives!
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I've proposed presenting En-ROADS to new Masters in Sustainable Cities program, U Cuenca (EC), so am taking the on-line course, which I find great for polishing my facility with the tool.

YouTube video by Kirsten Dirksen Dryland-harvesting home gathers sun, rain, food, & more

Plants & water naturally address urban extreme heat. 50 clear how-to's in 50 minutes, with focus on drylands that are 40% of world land. Imagine, anywhere, how you can take control. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcAM...

Electrify gettin’ ‘round sans BIG battery? Pick up a bike/trike/scootr – micromobility w/ battery boost - for short trips. My vehicle, with battery, weighs less than I do! 76% of U.S. trips r below 10 miles! Pass up finding keys, gridlock, pumping gas, parking. Health+Charge 110v. nhts.ornl.gov/od/

Decarbonization Policy and International Competitiveness

Balance of Trade “debt?” Instead of general tariffs CBAM (carbon border adjustment mechanism) puts a price on heat-trapping gas linked to imports lacking U.S. management- & policy-driven efficiency. Planet-friendly targeted tariffs are a reward U.S. industry has earned.
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YouTube video by Climate Interactive Teaching Climate Change Solutions: Innovative Approaches for Using En-ROADS

I’ve been asked to speak to the first Masters in Sustainable Cities class at U Cuenca (EC) and have proposed to orient students to En-ROADS. This morning I tuned in to modeling of new nutrient density, drought, and spread of disease that are now evident. For teaching www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTrm...

The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions - Nature Sustainability Diverse strategies are needed to mitigate climate change. This study finds that storing carbon in soils represents 25% of land-based potential, of which 60% must come from rebuilding depleted carbon s...

Agricultural practices (crops, grazing, forest, bogs, biochar) can capture/store 10% of the CO2 that humans emit each year. 3% at <$10/ton, 7% at <$100. Remember, value Nature & co-benefits to make the math meaningful. Study supports Rattan Lal’s (past post). Deciders – now. doi.org/10.1038/s418...

Department of Energy ‘Roads to Removal’ Report Maps Path to Gigatonne-Scale CO2 Removal A new report indicates that the United States has sufficient capacity to remove carbon dioxide at the scale needed to achieve net-zero emissions, while also providing economic opportunity, ecological ...

Download Roads to Removal, key to DOE’s Carbon Negative Shot, in case it winds up “disappeared” (y’know what I mean)? Yet another product of years of hard work to place climate solutions in our lap (within reach now, y’know). www.energy.gov/fecm/article...

Behavior & buying decide health, wealth, and well-being – yours and your planet. Re-set habits with the Ecological Footprint Calculator, and for more detail the Advanced version of The International Student Carbon Footprint Challenge. Both are mature, ad free, multi-lingual, free, (FUN!) & online.

Abruptly terminated, I had "tuned in" to USAid webinars and docs – lifetimes of work to build trusted agricultural support! An ill-conceived retreat that China may fill with “Silk Road” support and food security partnerships? I have saved USAid Climate Strategy.
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Everything you need to know about Carbon Pricing (Video) | Citizens' Climate Lobby Putting a price on carbon would mean reducing America's carbon pollution through policy. It will save lives, create jobs, strengthen our economy, and more.

FYI, for 16 yrs Citizens’ Climate Lobby has proposed a low-impact policy, per economists across political beliefs: Fee charged for mining/pumping the millions of years of carbon > fee shared by U.S. households > tariffs on imports scaled to carbon intensity. citizensclimatelobby.org/price-on-car...

CCL Health Action Team Welcome to the Citizen's Climate Lobby (CCL) Health Action Team Youtube Channel! The CCL Health Action Team is dedicated to: (1) Identifying and securing endorsements for action on climate change and...

Plastic: a problem with an obvious though challenging fix. We've created 10 Billion tons of plastic since 1950. As we cut gas use & refining, plastic may triple, though now found in the womb and air. And health impacts are clear. As WE make it, does this have to be? > www.youtube.com/@cclhealthac...

Lacking a Project Plan to Reverse Climate Change suggests a lack of INTENT to do so. Filling in between oft-heard Goal <> Date will make the task REAL for the public and their leaders. Numerous "think" groups could hammer out a project plan: critical path, allocation of resources, milestones, etc.

Fire Forged Humanity. Now It Threatens Everything Ancient prophecies of worlds destroyed by fire are becoming realities. How will we respond?

More from Stephen Pyne > www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-a...

Learn in Cuenca EC: Sept>Jan – Renewable Energy 3d, Plant Biology 6d w trip to Amazon -U Azuay, Women in Science noon, Civil Engr 2d w trip to wind farm, Smart City AI 1.5d, Student STEM fair -U Cuenca, LAC mayors FORO World Intermediate Cities on Climate Change, 2d www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

High Altitude Wind Power Reviewed This post reviews the weird and wonderful world of high altitude wind power. It looks into the reasons for wanting to go high, explains tethered flight and explores the main competing technologies …

AWE co-benefits: intermediate economies mfg windpower – gain wealth, acknowledge climate time-frame, restore power quickly after disasters, “reel it in” for hurricane/tornado/hail, quake-proof, tug-in off-shore for maint., airmail to a mountaintop, nicer looking, etc. euanmearns.com/high-altitud...